Putanesca wrote:Over the years I have read many hundreds, possibly even thousands of books, only once have I failed to finish one. The offending tome? George Elliots - Middlemarch.Most of you will never have heard of it. To which I say "Lucky you".To those of you who, like me, suffered a 'clasic' English education it was a requirement if we wished to accumulate those brownie points known as exam passes.

I struggled through Shakespeare,Suffered Satre,Wandered with WordsworthandBattled Byron

Believe me it wasn't worth it.

I agree, Middlemarch was completely unreadable, like wading through peanut butter. I, too, have been a bibliophile for decades, and probably have a total in the thousands. My most recent worst book ever was regifted to me by my mother, on the occasion of my last pilgrimage to The Home, down south in that other state. The Golden Buddha, by Clive Cussler, is supposedly some kind of best-seller, but I can't imagine why. I couldn't make it to the second chapter. And this is someone who read Leaves of Grass from cover to cover, just because I wanted to. The writing is redundant, contradictory, and incoherent. And that's just the first chapter.

Mrs T, an English Literature major, votes for anything by Faulkner.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

The thin line between genius and insanity is less of a border than a union.

"Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish."--Pope John Paul II

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.-Albert Einstein

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

The thin line between genius and insanity is less of a border than a union.

"Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish."--Pope John Paul II

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.-Albert Einstein

I just failed to finish Ulysses by James Joyce again. It's so boring I actually prefer doing dishes to reading it. I think I'll just give it to a charity shop.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)

wobastax wrote:twilight or stargirl both are exceedingly horrible... i never read twilight, but i started to, and it was terrible... its nothing but cheesy vampire love for horny 9 year old girls.

No, it isn't. It's actually pretty well written, and Twilight is the way I met my boyfriend. We met in the bookstore where we bought the book. I think it's attractive when boys read good literature. lol.

wobastax wrote:twilight or stargirl both are exceedingly horrible... i never read twilight, but i started to, and it was terrible... its nothing but cheesy vampire love for horny 9 year old girls.

No, it isn't. It's actually pretty well written, and Twilight is the way I met my boyfriend. We met in the bookstore where we bought the book. I think it's attractive when boys read good literature. lol.

Your attract-o-meter must be off. Whether it's entertaining or not, Twilight is not literature. Twilight is a pretty popular book. Literature is something that will go down in history, and bore the ever loving shit out of English classes for hundreds of years.

Vote Pieces for Pope! She didn't buy me off with the funny hat, I swear!... She made me a cardinal.